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SEPTEMBER 11, 1973
The second game of the series in Minnesota. The Rangers win last night officially eliminated the Twins from the post season.
Another team that has officially been eliminated from the post season is the New York Yankees.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 69-76 at Baltimore 90-53
Cleveland 63-85 at New York 70-74
Detroit 72-73 at Milwaukee 74-71
Chicago 67-76 at California 69-73
Kansas City 75-68 at Oakland 92-51
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 66-74 at Chicago 70-73
New York 84-59 at Philadelphia 71-72
San Francisco 87-55 at Atlanta 63-84
Los Angeles 86-59 at Cincinnati 88-56
Montreal 62-81 at St Louis 61-83
Houston 70-76 at San Diego 54-90
TEXAS RANGERS 52-92 AT MINNESOTA TWINS 71-72
MATCHUPS
SP Dick Bosman vs Dave Goltz Advantage Minnesota
C Ken Suarez vs George Mitterwald Advantage Minnesota
1B Frank Howard vs Harmon Killebrew Advantage Texas
2B Dave Nelson vs Dan Monzon Advantage Texas
3B Jim Mason vs Eric Soderholm Advantage Minnesota
SS Toby Harrah vs Danny Thompson Advantage Texas
LF Larry Biittner vs Steve Brye Advantage Minnesota
CF Elliott Maddox vs Mickey Stanley Advantage Texas
RF Jeff Burroughs vs Bobby Darwin Advantage Texas
DH Dick Billings vs Tony Oliva Advantage Push
Overall Advantage Texas
Stanley hit a solo home run in the bottom of the second.
After three: Minnesota 1 Texas 0.
In the top of the sixth, Goltz struck out Burroughs for his 100th K of the season.
In the bottom of the sixth, Soderholm hit a solo home run.
After six: Minnesota 2 Texas 0.
In the top of the eighth, the Rangers loaded the bases with two out. Harrah, however, flew out to center to retire the side.
The Rangers put runners at the corners with nobody out in the top of the ninth and the Twins went to the bullpen and brought out Dave LaRoche. One out later, Billings tied the game with a 2-RBI single.
Bosman walked the lead off batter in the bottom of the ninth and was replaced by Paul Lindblad. With the winning run on second and two out, Mitterwald flew out to left to send the game into extra innings.
After nine: Texas 2 Minnesota 2.
In the top of the tenth, Burroughs hit a solo home run.
Lindblad set them down in order in the bottom of the tenth.
Final score: Texas 3 Minnesota 2 10 innings.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Dave Goltz 8.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 5 Baltimore 0
New York 3 Cleveland 1
Detroit 5 Milwaukee 1
California 3 Chicago 2
Oakland 4 Kansas City 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 7 Chicago 5
New York 7 Philadelphia 6
San Francisco 5 Atlanta 3
Los Angeles 4 Cincinnati 0
St Louis 9 Montreal 2
Houston 4 San Diego 2
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Ron Santo Chicago Cubs 3 for 3, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, BB
2. Gary Peters Boston Red Sox 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, W
3. Willie Montanez Philadelphia Phillies 2 for 3, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB
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